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Category Archives: Beginners/Elementary Level
Free Board Game for Music Students
Just added to the Printables page: a free piano-bench-sized board game for music students, called Adventures in Music! I am so thrilled to be offering this game on my website. This is my first attempt at creating a music game for students, and I’m quite excited about the results.
Here’s the lowdown:
Designed for 2-4 players - [...]
Also posted in For During the Lesson, Games, Ideas, Intermediate Level, Music Theory, Other Resources, Printables, Studio Class / Group Lessons, Topics in Teaching Piano, piano camps Tagged game, music, piano teaching, theory 2 Comments
Succeeding at the Piano | Method Books
The FJH Music Company website is introducing a new method series, available March 2010: Helen Marlais’ Succeeding at the Piano. I have heard some good things about the method, and am looking forward to trying it with a student once it comes out! Click here to view the page about it and to [...]
Teacher Resources @ Clavier’s Piano Explorer site
Many piano teachers subscribe to Clavier magazine, and some even subscribe their students to Clavier’s Piano Explorer, the music magazine for kids. I recently found out that their site contains some great resources for teaching about various composers and concepts in music history. This month, there have some great resources about Beethoven, including:
Links to YouTube recordings, organized [...]
Just Added! Lesson Plans: Analyzing & Composing Music in the Romantic Style
[This is a re-post of this post -- the files have now been added to the Printables portion of this website. (Thanks, Natalie!) Sorry for any confusion.]
Just added to the Printables > Lesson Plans page:
Lesson Plans: Analyzing & Composing Music in the Romantic Style (also take a peek below)
Also see the accompanying handouts here.
A few [...]
New Piano Method: Piano Safari
I recently heard about a brand new piano method series, called Piano Safari, written by Katherine Fisher and Julie Knerr, both grads from University of Oklahoma’s excellent Piano Pedagogy program. The series looks very intriguing. I would like to try out the series the next time I get a new beginner student!
The element that I find most unique [...]
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Just Added! Flashcards: Naming Notes (Middle C Position)
Just added to the Printables > Other Resources page:
Flashcards: Naming Notes (Middle C Position)
There are two pages in this file:
Page 1: Contains 10 flashcards for reinforcing the notes of the Middle C position (i.e., Bass F through Treble G).
Page 2: Contains the “answers” to the note name flashcards, to be printed onto the backside of Page 1.
This [...]
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Just Added! Flashcards: Melodic Patterns 1 & 2
Just added to the Printables > Other Resources page:
Flashcards: Melodic Patterns 1
Flashcards: Melodic Patterns 2
These flashcards (pictured at right) are my absolute favorite. They have a variety of uses, mainly for beginner piano students:
For beginner students who understand quarter and half note rhythms: Ask the student to simply clap the rhythm they see.
For beginner students who are [...]
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Added: 4 New easy Christmas Arrangements
I know, I know, it’s not even Thanksgiving yet, and I’m already talking about Christmas! But since I’ve been updating my Printables page recently anyway, I went ahead and put up some easy Christmas piano arrangments too:
Jingle Bells
Joy To The World
O Come All Ye Faithful
We Wish You A Merry Christmas
(See Printables > Sheet Music) These [...]
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Resources @ makingmusicfun.net
Have you seen makingmusicfun.net yet? This site is full of free resources for both teachers and students. All the materials available at Making Music Fun have super-cute graphics in an “under the sea” theme.
For teachers:
Sheet music (both arranged and unarranged, organized by level)
Composer worksheets
Music achievement certificates
Practice charts
Manuscript paper
Intervals worksheets
and more!
For kids:
Music theory arcade games
“Meet [...]
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12 Tips for Memorizing Piano Music